Legal Opinion
United States v. Roof
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided December 5, 2016No. Criminal No. 2:15-472-RMGPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
Richard Mark Gergel, United States District Court Judge
This matter is before the Court on Defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment (Dkt. No. 233). For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies the motion.
I. Background
On the evening of June 17, 2015, the Reverend dementa Pinckney led a Bible study group at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (“Mother Emanuel”), attended by eleven other participants. (Dkt. No. 1 ¶7.) All were African-Americans. (Id.) Allegedly, Defendant Dylann Roof had decided to murder Africans-American while they worshipped in church to resist…
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